The Capital District Transportation Committee (CDTC), as the designated Metropolitan Planning Organization for Albany, Rensselaer, Saratoga and Schenectady Counties, has the responsibility under federal law to adopt a Transportation Improvement Program (TIP). The TIP is our 5-year regional capital plan in which hundreds of State and local transportation projects are programmed with federal surface transportation funding. For a copy of our existing 2016-2021 TIP, see the following webpage, http://www.cdtcmpo.org/2016TIP.
Projects programmed on the TIP usually receive 80% of their funding from federal fund sources and the remaining 20% from local fund sources (either State or local). Transportation facilities which are eligible for this federal funding include roads on the federal aid-eligible system (see http://gis3.dot.ny.gov/html5viewer/?viewer=risvexternal), bridges, transit systems, and some multi-use trail systems. Project types include highway and bridge preservation (repair) projects, traffic signal and intersection improvements, safety improvements, bicycle and pedestrian projects, and some beyond preservation (reconstruction and replacement) projects.

Presented by Michael Franchini, Executive Director of the Capital District Transportation Committee.